profiling sensor and photon noise

… and how to get rid of it. [update 02/05/2018 The information how to create camera noise profiles is outdated please read this tutorial instead!] [update 20/12/2012: ‘how to profile your camera’ includes instructions with the new gen-profile script] [update 15/12/2012: no more recompile needed, updated the instructions in the benchmark section and how to run make.sh.] to summarize the current situation in dt: we have a lot of cool tools wrapped around great algorithms with almost all the knobs you need to get perfect results.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.darktable.org/2012/12/profiling-sensor-and-photon-noise/